Joshua Chapter 17 verse 12 Holy Bible

ASV Joshua 17:12

Yet the children of Manasseh could not drive out `the inhabitants of' those cities; but the Canaanites would dwell in that land.
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BBE Joshua 17:12

But the children of Manasseh were not able to make the people of those towns go out; but the Canaanites would go on living in that land.
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DARBY Joshua 17:12

But the children of Manasseh could not dispossess [the inhabitants of] those cities; and the Canaanites would dwell in that land.
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KJV Joshua 17:12

Yet the children of Manasseh could not drive out the inhabitants of those cities; but the Canaanites would dwell in that land.
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WBT Joshua 17:12

Yet the children of Manasseh could not expel the inhabitants of those cities; but the Canaanites would dwell in that land.
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WEB Joshua 17:12

Yet the children of Manasseh couldn't drive out [the inhabitants of] those cities; but the Canaanites would dwell in that land.
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YLT Joshua 17:12

And the sons of Manasseh have not been able to occupy these cities, and the Canaanite is desirous to dwell in this land,
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 12. - Would dwell. The LXX. and Vulgate translate, "began to dwell," an obvious mistake here, though the word sometimes has this signification. They willed to dwell there, in spite of their defeats, and their purpose was not frustrated.

Ellicott's Commentary